So I have an interview soon for a med surg position at valley hospital in Vegas and I'm not looking for tips on the interview but any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. I just know more about the speciality.
So I've been trying to look for a hospital job in Vegas but it's been extremely hard and I keep getting rejected by every hospital in every speciality from ICU to med surg to IMC to OR, it's been very difficult. Right now I am working at a SNF (subacute to long term care) and I started working there as a new grad which really sucked cause I only got 3 days of orientation and was on my own. I've been there for 7 months and feel like I don't know anything still like I did pick up some skills and some experience working with g-tubes, vents/trachs (although that's mostly RTs but I do have them as patients), and some other medically complex patients like encephalopathy, cirrhosis, diabetes, addiction, some behaviors, etc but I have like about 20+ patients that I have to take care so a lot of it is just passing medication and not really understanding each condition just doing routine medications and monitoring for any abnormal signs.
Anyway, so I've been trying to get out of there and work at a hospital so I can build up my skills and experience as a nurse as well as learn more about the conditions and what to do in certain situations (sometimes I feel lost in the SNF and always have to ask the charge nurse or another nurse on what to do). I finally got an interview in med surg but I've been hearing bad stuff about it and I'm pretty nervous about starting if I do get the job. Is it worth the stress working there? Should I try to find something else? It seems like no where is hiring besides SNFs and psych hospitals without acute care experience. All the specialities hate me :(. Or should I just do a year of SNF and try to get something else? I don't think I would feel as prepared going a year in SNF than I would 6 months in a hospital. Any advice or tips about it would be great! I know I wouldn't want to be in med surg long term but I would just want the experience and better my skills as a nurse. Please halp!!
Maddogg
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So I have an interview soon for a med surg position at valley hospital in Vegas and I'm not looking for tips on the interview but any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. I just know more about the speciality.
So I've been trying to look for a hospital job in Vegas but it's been extremely hard and I keep getting rejected by every hospital in every speciality from ICU to med surg to IMC to OR, it's been very difficult. Right now I am working at a SNF (subacute to long term care) and I started working there as a new grad which really sucked cause I only got 3 days of orientation and was on my own. I've been there for 7 months and feel like I don't know anything still like I did pick up some skills and some experience working with g-tubes, vents/trachs (although that's mostly RTs but I do have them as patients), and some other medically complex patients like encephalopathy, cirrhosis, diabetes, addiction, some behaviors, etc but I have like about 20+ patients that I have to take care so a lot of it is just passing medication and not really understanding each condition just doing routine medications and monitoring for any abnormal signs.
Anyway, so I've been trying to get out of there and work at a hospital so I can build up my skills and experience as a nurse as well as learn more about the conditions and what to do in certain situations (sometimes I feel lost in the SNF and always have to ask the charge nurse or another nurse on what to do). I finally got an interview in med surg but I've been hearing bad stuff about it and I'm pretty nervous about starting if I do get the job. Is it worth the stress working there? Should I try to find something else? It seems like no where is hiring besides SNFs and psych hospitals without acute care experience. All the specialities hate me :(. Or should I just do a year of SNF and try to get something else? I don't think I would feel as prepared going a year in SNF than I would 6 months in a hospital. Any advice or tips about it would be great! I know I wouldn't want to be in med surg long term but I would just want the experience and better my skills as a nurse. Please halp!!